Kleinhans Music Hall Events

Sunday February 1 3:00pm EST

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Kiron Atom Tellian | Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Buffalo Chamber Music Society presentsGift to the Community ConcertKiron Atom Tellian, pianoFebruary 1, 2026 | 3 PMPre-concert Performance at 2:15This concert is free of charge.Made possible through a grant from the Cameron and Jane Baird FoundationNow in its 27th seaso......More

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Tuesday February 10 7:00pm EST

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Chasing Monarchs: Jaime Rojo | National Geographic Live

Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Jamie Rojo as part of the National Geographic Live Speaker Series 2026. Early bird season subscriptions are now available – purchase yours today! Fifty years after the startling discovery that monarch butterflies spend winters......More

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Sunday February 15 3:00pm EST

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Tierney Sutton: Celebrating Harold Arlen’s 121st Birthday

Kleinhans Music Hall & JazzBuffalo presentTierney SuttonCelebrating Harold Arlen’s 121st BirthdaySunday, February 15, 2026 | 3 PMThe Mary Seaton RoomJoin us on Sunday, February 15, 2026, at Kleinhans Music Hall as we celebrate one of Buffalo’s most legendary musical icons: Harold Arlen, the brilliant composer behind many of the greatest songs in the Great American Songbook. From the iconic Over the Rainbow to Stormy Weather and Come Rain or Come Shine, Arlen’s music has shaped American culture for generations. This very special event, produced in collaboration between JazzBuffalo and Kleinhans Music Hall, honors Arlen’s immense contributions to jazz and popular music while highlighting his roots in Buffalo. Building on last year’s tremendous reception, we are proud to make this an annual tradition for Jazz at Kleinhans—one that each year pays tribute to a true legend of American music and of Buffalo’s own history. Headlining the evening will be Tierney Sutton, a nine-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist acclaimed for her luminous voice, imaginative interpretations, and extraordinary storytelling. Sutton, whose albums have earned Grammy nominations for “Best Jazz Vocal Album” year after year, is renowned for reimagining the Great American Songbook with elegance and depth. She will be joined by the extraordinary pianist Tamir Hendelman, whose artistry has graced the stages of the Jeff Hamilton Trio, the Grammy-winning Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and collaborations with Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole, and countless jazz luminaries. Sutton and Hendelman share a musical partnership spanning more than two decades, touring the world together and creating unforgettable duo performances. Their synergy promises to bring Arlen’s timeless songs to life with fresh arrangements, heartfelt interpretations, and historical insights. Though Arlen was born and raised in Buffalo—his journey beginning with piano performances on the S.S. Canadiana before he became a major force on Broadway and in Hollywood—his legacy here remains underrecognized. This concert is not only a tribute to Arlen’s genius but also a celebration of Buffalo’s role in shaping one of America’s most treasured songwriters. Mark your calendars and join us for this once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Harold Arlen’s 121st birthday, presented in the intimate and historic Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall. Together, let’s honor Buffalo’s gift to the world of music. For more about Harold Arlen’s legacy, visit the online exhibition curated by Chana Revell Kotzin at jewishbuffalohistory.org/arlen. For further reading on Arlen’s Buffalo story, see Ed Healy’s article at Visit Buffalo Niagara. As we learned last year, this will be one of the most meaningful and memorable jazz events of the year—don’t miss it!

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Thursday February 19 7:30pm EST

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

John Waters is Going to the Extreme

Kleinhans Music Hall presentsJohn Waters: Going to ExtremesThursday, February 19, 20206 | 7:30 PM No matter what your public-politics are these days, you have to admit it’s time for everybody to go to extremes. John Waters is back on the road with a whole new fast-movi......More

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Tuesday February 24 7:30pm EST

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Leonkoro Quartet | Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Buffalo Chamber Music Society presentsLeonkoro QuartetFebruary 24, 2026 | 7:30 PMPre-concert Talk at 6:45 PMMembers:Jonathan Schwarz, violinAmelie Wallner, violinMayu Konoe, violaLukas Schwarz, celloProgram:Quartet in D Major, Op.20, No.4 —– HaydnString Quartet (1927) —......More

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Tuesday March 3 7:00pm EST

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Uncovering Our Concrete Jungle: Chris Schell | National Geographic Live

Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Chris Schell as part of the National Geographic Live Speaker Series 2026. Early bird season subscriptions are now available – purchase yours today! Thinking that wildlife lives “somewhere else” is an easy mistake. Chris Schell......More

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Sunday March 22 3:00pm EDT

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

BKW Trio | Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Buffalo Chamber Music Society presentsGift to the Community ConcertBKW TrioMarch 22, 2026 | 3 PMPre-concert Performance at 2:15This concert is free of charge.Made possible through a grant from the Cameron and Jane Baird FoundationNow in its 27th season, our Gift to the ......More

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Tuesday March 24 7:30pm EDT

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Goldmund Quartet | Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Buffalo Chamber Music Society presentsGoldmund Quartetwith Gloria Chien, pianoMarch 24, 2026 | 7:30 PMPre-concert Talk at 6:45 PMMembers:Florian Schötz, violinPinchas Adt, violinChristoph Vandory, violaRaphael Paratore, celloProgram:Quartet in Eb Major, D.87 —– SchubertQuartet No.5, Op.27 —– Mieczyslaw WeinbergPiano Quintet in F# Minor —– Amy BeachFor more information, click here.About Goldmund Quartet “A highly individual musicality that speaks to the audience.”…… Counted amongst the most exciting young string quartets, the Goldmund Quartet has with its exquisite playing and multi-faceted homogeneity given convincing interpretations of the great classical and modern works of the string quartet literature for more than a decade now. Their inwardness, unbelievably fine intonation, and phrasing worked out to the smallest detail inspire audiences worldwide. About Gloria ChienTaiwanese-born pianist Gloria Chien has one of the most diverse musical lives as a noted performer, concert presenter, and educator. She made her orchestral debut at the age of sixteen with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Dausgaard, and she performed again with the BSO with Keith Lockhart. She was subsequently selected by The Boston Globe as one of its Superior Pianists of the year, “who appears to excel in everything.” In recent seasons, she has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician at Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress, the Phillips Collection, the Dresden Chamber Music Festival, and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. She performs frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2009, she launched String Theory, a chamber music series in Chattanooga, Tennessee that has become one of the region’s premier classical music presenters. Chien studied extensively at the New England Conservatory of Music with Wha Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman. She is Artist-in-Residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, and she is a Steinway Artist.

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Thursday March 26 7:30pm EDT

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

BABEL | Tara Westover

Just Buffalo Literary Center presentsBABEL featuring Tara WestoverThursday, March 26, 20267:30 pmDoors open & VIP Patron Reception at 6:30 p.m. Join Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL Author Series for an evening with Tara Westover Tara Westover is an American histori......More

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Tuesday April 21 7:00pm EDT

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Engineering Life in Space: Cody Paige | National Geographic Live

Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to welcome Cody Paige as part of the National Geographic Live Speaker Series 2026. Early bird season subscriptions are now available – purchase yours today! Take an adventure to places on Earth that mimic the moon: from a zero-gravity ai......More

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Thursday April 23 7:30pm EDT

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

BABEL | Imani Perry

Just Buffalo Literary Center presentsBABEL featuring Imani PerryThursday, April 23, 20267:30 pmDoors open & VIP Patron Reception at 6:30 p.m. Join Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL Author Series for an evening with Imani Perry MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Imani Pe......More

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle , Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States

Friday April 24 8:00pm EDT

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

BEATrio: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez

Kleinhans Music Hall is pleased to presentThe BEATrio featuring Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio SánchezFriday, April 24, 2026 | 8 PMBanjo. Drums. Harp. Huh? To be sure, the new all-star trio of Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez features instrumentation that might safely be called uncommon. Unless, of course, you’re already familiar with 19-time Grammy-winner Fleck — the genre-blurring virtuoso who has done more to expand the possibilities of the banjo than any other player in the instrument’s history. From his bluegrass beginnings through his otherworldly Flecktones, his duo with Chick Corea and his reimagining of Rhapsody in Blue, Fleck’s work never fails to surprise. What doesn’t surprise is the impeccable caliber of his collaborators — and this new trio includes two of the most gifted musicians of their generation. The harpist, Castañeda, hails from Bogotá, Colombia, and has led his own bands in addition to sharing projects with such masters as Hiromi, Paquito D’Rivera and Grégoire Maret. 5-time Grammy-winner Sánchez grew up in Mexico City and built a reputation as one of the great jazz drummers through his work with guitarist Pat Metheny. He’s also been a visionary bandleader, helming progressive groups like Bad Hombre, and collaborated with Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker and other giants. His Golden Globe-nominated drum-set score for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2014 film Birdman earned him renown far outside the jazz world. Playing original repertoire, much of it collaboratively written, this trio embarks nightly on fearless explorations that audiences will find irresistible — rich with strong melodies, gorgeous harmony and grooves that twist and turn while feeling fantastic. Thanks to our friends at JazzBuffalo for their support! Artist Bios Béla Fleck Photo: Hazel Coonagh Just in case you aren’t familiar with Béla Fleck, there are many who say he’s the premiere banjo player in the world. Others claim that Fleck has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map and on a range of solo projects and collaborations. If you are familiar with Fleck, you know that he just loves to play the banjo, and put it into unique settings. A nineteen-time Grammy Award-winner, Fleck has the virtuosic, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots. For over 30 years, he has led Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, the groundbreaking quartet inspired by jazz, funk, bluegrass and beyond. From writing three banjo concertos for full symphony orchestra to exploring the banjo’s African roots with the award-winning 2009 documentary Throw Down Your Heart, many tout that Béla Fleck is the world’s premier banjo player. As Jon Pareles wrote for The New York Times, “That’s a lot of territory for five strings.” Collaborators include Abigail Washburn, the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, Chris Thile, The Blind Boys of Alabama, McCoy Tyner, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia (their latest album As We Speak won two Grammys in 2024). Fleck’s album Rhapsody in Blue was released February 12, 2024 on the centennial of the work’s premiere in New York City, and he debuted it at Carnegie Hall with orchestra in May. His Grammy-winning project My Bluegrass Heart, is named in honor of his friend, mentor and hero Chick Corea (My Spanish Heart). Béla and Chick toured for many years as a duo and released three acclaimed albums, including their latest and final duo project, Remembrance (2024), which won the 2025 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Edmar Castañeda Photo: Adrien H Tillmann Upon arriving in the United States in 1994, Colombian-born Edmar Castañeda made a name for himself as the preeminent jazz harp virtuoso. Castañeda brings forth a brilliance that beautifully merges the jazz tradition with a diverse set of styles and genres while bringing unbridled attention to a somewhat unfamiliar instrument: the harp. He was ushered into the jazz community by Paquito D’Rivera, who recognized Castañeda’s passion and took the young harpist under his wing. Castañeda has cemented the harp’s place in jazz with innovative technique and heartfelt creativity from a wealth of formidable collaborations with music titans such as Wynton Marsalis, Bela Fleck, John Scofield, Ricki Lee Jones, Hiromi, Pedrito Martinez, Marcus Miller, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ivan Lins, The Yellowjackets, and Paco De Lucia. In the same breath as the Yo-Yo Ma’s of the world, Castañeda fearlessly stuns audiences, musicians, and critics alike with his incredible talents as a player and composer. NPR’s “Fresh Air” touts, “…his technique is the real astonishment. Castañeda juggles lead, rhythm and bass lines, using a variety of hard and soft string attacks to keep those voices distinct — all without giving up the groove…His amazing technique…raises the bar for every harpist.” The New York Times notes, “…Castañeda… engage[s] modern jazz in ways that honor…cultural origins, and [he has] the capacity to astonish by virtue of [his] fingerstyle technique.” Moses Sumney highlights his “5 Favorite NPR “Tiny Desk Concerts” and says, “My brain cracked open when I first saw this. Some classical instruments are so ingrained in our heads for sounding one way Edmar restructures what we know of harp, defiantly expanding the bounds of the instrument.” Castañeda follows up seven acclaimed albums with his latest recording project, Viento Sur, with a nine-person ensemble of acclaimed global musicians from Switzerland, Brazil, Cuba, Israel, Chile, USA, Argentina, and Colombia. An array of compositions on Viento Sur are commissioned by American Chamber Music from the “New Jazz Works Grant.” Castañeda’s renowned albums as a bandleader are interchanged with awe-inspiring symphonic and big-band works with Wynton Marsalis Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Clássica de Espinho and the São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra, as well as chamber pieces for the Israel Camerata Jerusalem and the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. Antonio Sánchez Photo: Antonio Sanchez Born in Mexico City, 4-time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and performed professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and latin scenes. He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 enrolled in Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in Jazz Studies. Since moving to New York City in 1999, Sánchez has become one of the most sought-after drummers on the international jazz scene. Following 18 years and 9 albums as one of the most revered collaborators with guitarist/composer Pat Metheny, he also has recorded and performed with many other most prominent artists like Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Michael Brecker, Charlie Haden and Toots Thielmans. In 2014 Sánchez’s popularity soared when he scored Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) which ended up fetching 4 Academy awards (including best picture) and for which Sánchez won a Grammy award. Additional film/tv projects include EPIX network’s Get Shorty and Hippopotamus among others. With more than a dozen recordings as a leader or co-leader, Sánchez’s recent projects include the acclaimed epic The Meridian Suite and the star studded Three Times Three. He turned his upset over social injustice into a tribute to every immigrant’s journey in his epic musical statement Lines in the Sand. Sánchez is the recipient of five Grammys, three Echo Awards, Golden Globe & BAFTA nominations and has been thrice named Modern Drummer’s “Jazz Drummer of the Year”. He has been featured on the covers of DownBeat, JazzTimes, JAZZIZ, Modern Drummer, Drum! and Musico Pro — among others. Sánchez’s new album SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) on Warner Music features Sánchez playing virtually every instrument on the album — in addition to being its producer. SHIFT features Trent Reznor, Dave Mathews, Kimbra, Ana Tijoux, Meshell Ndegeocello and more.

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Sunday April 26 3:00pm EDT

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

John Pizzarelli Trio

Kleinhans Music Hall and JazzBuffalo presentJohn Pizzarelli TrioThe Mary Seaton RoomSunday, April 26, 2026 | 3 PMGet ready for a time to remember as Grammy Award-winning guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli brings his swinging sophistication to Jazz at Kleinhans. Hail......More

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Tuesday April 28 7:30pm EDT

Mary Seaton Room, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, 14201, United States

Jerusalem Quartet | Buffalo Chamber Music Society

Buffalo Chamber Music Society presentsJerusalem QuartetApril 28, 2026 | 7:30 PMPre-concert Talk at 6:45 PMMembers:Alexander Pavlovsky, violinSergei Bresler, violinOri Kam, violaKyril Zlotnikov, celloProgram:String Quartet in F Major —– RavelNew Work composed for the Jer......More

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